North Carolina Wildflower Seed Mix – Season-Spanning Annual & Perennial Blend, Suited to NC Gardens, Bees & Butterflies

Minimum: 250+ Seeds

A 24-Variety Blend for Carolina Gardens

North Carolina gardens run from cool mountain ridges to sandy coastal plain, with hot, humid summers in between, and no single wildflower handles all of it. This blend uses 24 varieties instead, mixing cool-season bloomers that carry spring with warm-season stalwarts like coneflower and black-eyed Susan that carry summer. At 70 percent annual and 30 percent perennial, it's built for bees, butterflies, and sunny ground.

Who Plants North Carolina Wildflower Seed Mix?
The Carolina gardener wanting season-spanning color from one planting.
The pollinator gardener building habitat for bees and butterflies.
The low-maintenance gardener seeding a sunny bed, slope, or roadside.

What This 24-Variety Wildflower Blend Actually Is
This mix combines annuals and perennials selected to flower at different times, pairing cool-season spring bloomers with warm-season summer bloomers. It includes several species native to eastern North America, including black-eyed Susan, purple coneflower, lance-leaf coreopsis, and wild lupine, alongside well-loved garden annuals.

• Cornflowers and poppies: Dwarf Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus dwf), Tall Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), Red Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas), Shirley Poppy (Papaver rhoeas), Orange California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica).
• Cosmos and daisies: Sensation Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus), Sulphur Cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus), Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta), Gloriosa Daisy (Rudbeckia hirta var. gloriosa), African Daisy (Dimorphotheca sinuata).
• Coreopsis and blanket flower: Plains Coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria), Lance-Leaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata), Blanket Flower (Gaillardia aristata).
• Coneflower, mint, lupines, and flax: Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), Lemon Mint (Monarda citriodora), Blue Flax (Linum lewisii), Russell Lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus), Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis).
• Fast fillers: Scarlet Flax (Linum grandiflorum), Red Annual Phlox (Phlox drummondii), Fivespot (Nemophila maculata), Tall White Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima), Spurred Snapdragon (Linaria maroccana), Siberian Wallflower (Erysimum × allionii).

In the Garden & Meadow

• Pollinator habitat: Let the staggered blooms feed bees and butterflies from spring into fall.
• Cut flowers: Cut cosmos, cornflowers, and coreopsis for informal bouquets.
• Native species support: Rely on coneflower, black-eyed Susan, and lupine for native pollinators.
• Slopes and roadsides: Seed large, sunny areas for low-input color.

Planting North Carolina Wildflower Seed Mix

• Start method: Broadcast onto cleared, weed-free soil and press in; do not bury, since many seeds need light.
• Timing: Sow in fall or early spring; warm-season varieties also work sown after last frost.
• Sunlight: Full sun, at least 6 hours daily.
• Soil: Well-drained soil; amend heavy red clay for drainage, and skip heavy fertilizer.
• Watering: Water lightly until established, then rely on rainfall.
• Bloom order: Cool-season varieties flower first; coneflower, cosmos, and blanket flower carry into summer.
• Heat note: Poppies, cornflowers, lupines, and alyssum fade as summer heat builds.
• Hardiness: Suited to most of North Carolina, roughly zones 6 to 8.
• Toxicity note: Lupine plants and seeds are toxic if eaten; keep from pets and children.

Before You Close This Page
This is a wildflower mix built around the Carolina growing year, cool-season color in spring and heat-tolerant bloom into summer. North Carolina Wildflower Seed Mix packs 24 varieties into one planting for bees, butterflies, and sunny ground from the mountains to the coast. Scatter it in fall or early spring, water until it takes hold, and let it reseed.